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How Music Developed
A Critical and Explanatory Account of the
Growth of Modern Music

BY
W. J. HENDERSON
Author of
"The Story Of Music,"
"Preludes and Studies,"
and
"What is Good Music?"

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1898
By Frederick A. Stokes Co.
Printed in the United States of America.

TO
CHARLES BAMBURGH

[Table of Contents]

ChapterPage
I.[The Beginning of Modern Music][1]
II.[Harmony, Notation, and Measure][12]
III.[The Birth of Counterpoint][23]
IV.[The Golden Age of Church Counterpoint][38]
V.[Progress of Popular Music][54]
VI.[The Simplification of Music][66]
VII.[The Evolution of the Piano][83]
VIII.[The Evolution of Piano Playing][101]
IX.[Climax of the Polyphonic Piano Style][116]
X.[Monophonic Style and the Sonata][126]
XI.[Evolution of the Orchestra][147]
XII.[The Classic Orchestral Composers][158]
XIII.[The Romantic Orchestral Composers][171]
XIV.[The Development of Chamber Music][186]
XV.[The Birth of Oratorio][199]
XVI.[Work of Handel and Bach][208]
XVII.[Haydn and Mendelssohn][220]
XVIII.[The Birth of Opera][234]
XIX.[Italian Opera To Handel's Time][253]
XX.[Italian Opera To Verdi][276]
XXI.[Beginnings of French Opera][290]
XXII.[Reforms of Gluck][312]
XXIII.[Meyerbeer and His Influence][324]
XXIV.[German Opera To Mozart][336]
XXV.[Weber and Beethoven][348]
XXVI.[Wagner and the Music Drama][357]
XXVII.[The Lessons of Musical History][380]
[Index][395]

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